Biography
Now United is a global pop music group that consists of 18 singers and dancers, each from different countries: Alex Mandon (Spain), Any Gabrielly (Brazil), Bailey May (Philippines), Diarra Sylla (Senegal), Heyoon Jeong (South Korea), Hina Yoshihara (Japan), Joalin Loukamaa (Finland), Josh Beauchamp (Canada), Krystian Wang (China), Lamar Morris (United Kingdom), Mélanie Thomas (Ivory Coast), Noah Urrea (United States), Nour Ardakani (Lebanon), Sabina Hidalgo (Mexico), Savannah Clarke (Australia), Shivani Paliwal (India), Sina Deinert (Germany), and Sofya Plotnikova (Russia). The group was created and formed by Simon Fuller after conducting an international search to find teenagers of different nationalities who dance and sing, to form this new never-before-seen project that revolutionized the music industry.
The group made their pre-debut on December 5, 2017, with the release of the first single “Summer in the City,” and since then have also released several other singles which contains a variety of different choreographies and music videos.
In September 2019 the group announced a worldwide search for a new member and held a fan vote for the following country, with Australia being the winner represented by Savannah Clarke the 15th member.
Between November of 2019 and the summer of 2020, the group announced that they would be searching for their 16th member in collaboration with Pepsi. After an extensive search and auditions, the group finally announced their 16th member to be Nour Ardakani from Lebanon who represents the MENA region.
In November 2020 the group surprisingly announced that they would be looking for a new member, finally after several leads within a few weeks they introduced Mélanie Thomas as the 17th member representing the Ivory Coast.
In December 2020, the group surprisingly announced the search for a new member, but this time it will be exclusively a boy and the search would take place in the spring of 2021. Since March of that year, some clues have been revealed. In April the group finally announced that the 18th member would be Alex Mandon representing Spain.
